As UAW push continues, all eyes on VW plant

8:10 PM,
Feb. 8, 2014

Written by

Sid Salter
Contributing columnist

Over in Chattanooga, Tenn., there are billboards reading: "Detroit. Brought to you by the UAW."

There's a reason for that. The full court press by the United Auto Workers to unionize a foreign-owned auto manufacturing plant in the South continues - and all eyes are on Chattanooga, Tenn., and the Volkswagen plant there.

The three-day voting period by Volkswagen's more than 1,550 hourly workers begins Feb. 12. The pending vote has taken on all the trappings of a small town election battle as UAW officials and out-of-state conservative groups opposed to unions seek to influence the votes of ...